S-Prihadi

I use loctite blue for the 2 big bolts of the caliper. To be safe.
Only use blue, never red one.

MBNUT1

Thank you for the reply. I should have been more clear, I was referring to the two small bolts that retain the caliper slide pins to the carrier.

Quint22

Any wheel bearing grease is going to succumb to the effects of age before the engine heat in the engine bay destroys it just fyi at least in this application. Any grease will evaporate over time, even the pricey stuff. One of the reasons I hate sealed bearing hubs, even though the grease handles the heat of the wheel bearings just fine after so many years it goes to crap so to speak, kind of like transmissions that have lifetime fluid.

CaliBenzDriver

Let's not mixup everything... back to the front strut topic - Where this stands is:
Use new strut bearing as-is or upgrade to high-temp grease that will survive engine 200°F heat without evaporating into glue.


Regarding the assembly of new Febi plastic bearing enclosure onto tappered strut shaft bushing:


plastic centered over a tappered cone.... uncle Murphy!!
Rescue-scuba me can't ignore Uncle Murphy' in nearly compatible parts without proper QA checks.


these plastic niples need serious filling

Shave the niples to the point plastic assembly can seat evenly all-around on the metal holder.

No expension stress should split cracks into plastic... no thank you

I don't know how good is the MB part.
The new Febi is 1mn off!
No problem once it's filed down.
The suspension spring needs to seat evenly: that's absolutely non-negotiable!
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this is the mother of all bushings...
Once the rubber as soften precision is history!

The strut bushing guides the top of what is a triangle formed with both lower control arms.

We recognize control arms bushings as being essentials and so are the struts bushings.

Smooth & precise steering: